The Rise of Populism in Modern Democracies
- Author(s)
- Thomas Meyer, Markus Wagner
- Abstract
This chapter examines the causes of the rise of populism and its consequences for political representation in modern democracies: Why have populist parties gained ground in so many liberal democracies? And how does their emergence and continuing success affect the way political representation works in these systems? We aim to provide answers to these questions by reviewing the extensive (and growing) literature on populism. In so doing, we identify findings where there is broad consensus in the scientific debate so far, but also controversies that have not been resolved yet. We conclude with a summary of our analysis and some reflections about future research on populism.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Government
- External organisation(s)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Pages
- 563-582
- No. of pages
- 20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198825081.013.29
- Publication date
- 2020
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 506014 Comparative politics
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/the-rise-of-populism-in-modern-democracies(475c5932-8845-4297-b946-9d406918c1c8).html